Scholarship Awarded to Florida Atlantic Student on Anniversary of Flippen’s Untimely Passing When Justin Flippen, the beloved late mayor of Wilton Manors, died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm last year, Our Fund Foundation swiftly launched the Justin Flippen Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor his enduring legacy. To pay a fitting tribute and offer respects on the...Read More
Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ+ community foundation, announced it will donate a second round of Resilience Fund grants, providing $300,00 in frontline emergency financial aid for 30 LGBTQ+ organizations whose operations continue to be devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. All monies will be distributed immediately to agencies throughout the tri-county area to help...Read More
Our Fund Foundation Unites South Florida LGBTQ Arts and Cultural Agencies, Advocating for Non-profits So They Are Positioned to “re-stART” and Flourish Post-Pandemic Our Fund Foundation announced the launch of Arts Proud, a newly created campaign to support its various arts and cultural grantees that have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The mission for...Read More
Grantees Unite to Keep the Arts Alive and Positioned to Thrive Post-Pandemic Our Fund Foundation announced it has formed a coalition of South Florida LGBTQ cultural institutions in a cohesive effort to keep the arts top of mind in the community until they can flourish once again post-pandemic. Among Our Fund’s arts and cultural grantees...Read More
How the LGBTQ+ Community is Perpetuating Philanthropy Through Mindful Giving Our Fund Foundation, South Florida’s only LGBTQ+ community foundation, announced the non-profit recently received three generous legacy gifts totaling almost $10 million. 100 percent of these funds will go towards providing critical aid to LGBTQ+ nonprofit agencies in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. Before...Read More
Emergency Fundraising Initiative Surpassed Goal in Less Than Two Weeks Our Fund Foundation recently launched the Our Fund Resilience Fund, an emergency fundraising initiative to provide critical aid to LGBTQ+ nonprofit agencies in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties whose operations have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Fund Foundation, which serves as South...Read More
First time in non-profit’s 10-year history to offer 1:1 matching grant 100 percent of monies raised will be distributed to tri-county LGBTQ agencies Our Fund Foundation announced the launch of the Our Fund Resilience Fund which will provide critical help to LGBTQ+ nonprofits in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties whose operations are severely impacted by the...Read More
Our Fund Foundation and Presenting Sponsor Bank of America Private Bank hosted the Second Annual South Florida LGBT Philanthropy Awards at the Broward Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, January 25, 2020. The cocktail reception and awards ceremony, which featured personal video tributes and interviews, celebrated four honorees whose generosity of time, talent and resources...Read More
Our Fund Foundation announced the creation of a new HIV/AIDS Fund to combat the spread of new transmissions in South Florida. The new HIV/AIDS Fund recognizes the severity of the distressing reality that Miami-Dade and Broward counties are the #1 and #2 counties in the U.S. for new HIV/AIDS transmissions – with most new cases...Read More
South Florida’s only LGBT community foundation, is joining with the national advocacy and services organization Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE) and the South Florida Institute of Aging (SoFIA) to create SAGE@SoFIA, an Our Fund Foundation initiative, a signature program that will offer a variety of key services to LGBT elders in Fort Lauderdale...Read More
